The BBC's business correspondent Joe Lynam said Mr Darling would instead propose a longer-term system of bonuses, with the bulk of the money paid in the final two years of a five-year period.

BBC: Brown urges G20 to keep spending

He also depends on the Duma to let him pass the bulk of the tax-and-reform package on or before parliament's final session on July 15th and 16th.

ECONOMIST: Could it lead to fascism?

Partly because of last week's Super 14 final between the Bulls and the Stormers, Springboks coach Peter de Villiers opted to give enforced rest to the bulk of his current first-choice players.

BBC: Wales fail to buck losing trend against Boks